Quora

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A funny thing happened on the way to the Quora today. I came across a funny question that somehow brought these things together. The Question: If humans disappear, and the only thing that survives is a Harry Potter book, would a species discovering it believe that it’s actual history? YouContinue Reading

National Preparedness Month

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September has been declared National Preparedness Month by the US government. This observance is sponsored by FEMA, and is annually renewed by the President like all of the other super important Observance days and months, like National Ice Cream Day and National Donut Day. So many of these things areContinue Reading

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Last week we received about 4 inches of rain. We were stuck in an east coast weather pattern that brought tons of moisture up the coast from the Gulf of Mexico. And while our little town is about 20 miles from the real deluge and flooding, we got our fairContinue Reading

Getting Out by Ryan Westfield

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Getting Out by Ryan Westfield My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s great when you find the right book at the right time. And as I am writing a blog myself that focuses on prepping, its so much fun to see all the things I am researching and writing aboutContinue Reading

First batch of Pickles

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For this project, it feels like to story of the Little Red Hen. Not the part of the story where she does all the work but will not share at the end, since none of the other’s would help her. But more because getting to this point went through soContinue Reading

Feed Your Head

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How much do you read? I am an avid reader and tend to have 2-3 books going at a time – in addition to my all too large doses of social media and the News of the Day. Some are for fun. Some are because I want to learn something.Continue Reading

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Are we in the middle of a revolution now? Has World War 3 already started? Will we (collectively) only know about it in 30 years when we read about it in  the neatly printed government text books from our government apartments outside the government work camps we are herded into each day?Continue Reading

Like a tree falling in the forest, so are the ripples in a pond.

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“Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.” – Dalai Lama Sometimes you might wonder if your small actions can actually make a difference. Do the choices you make have an impact outside of yourself? Consider, thisContinue Reading

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If you missed Part 1 or Part 2 of this series, you might want to go back and read them. Mad Max 1 showed a world where people and society were breaking down. The people are living, but the fabric of society was ripping. The line between morals and valuesContinue Reading